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The article focuses on the mounting cost of legislative values for safety environment in the U.S. It states that the Congress has established powerful regulatory bodies, such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to limit emission from automobiles and factories and the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to reduce workplace hazards. It notes that companies were facing unprecedented cost for environmental and safety standards in the midst of inflation and shortage problem.

The article provides information on what causes loss of hearing in industrial production and how workers can avoid or prevent it from happening. It shows how this growing trend has been first seen by state compensation agencies, manufacturing companies and insurance firms, and how they are working to reverse this trend. It then explains what deafness is, how it occurs in the industrial setting, and noise levels that are considered safe for workers. It then presents the two methods to lessen deafness in workers.

The article discusses how companies can sell effectiveness systems to their employees. According to the author, effectiveness systems are worthy of being sold because they provided much of the impetus for safety laws, group insurance, employee health inspection, and shorter working weeks. The author stresses that effectiveness must be achieved and should emanate from the willingness of the workers.

The article reports on the recovery of the coal industry in 1972, with the decline of gas and oil supplies and nuclear energy and the increasing cost of gas and oil. An increase in projected demand for coal is discussed, supported by new technologies in the energy business to use coal for synthetic gas. Environmental issues faced by coal operators are discussed, as well as the impact of safety laws on the industry. Concerns about the formation of a monopoly among large coal producers and major oil companies are highlighted.

Comments on several issues relevant to foreign and domestic policies in the U.S. Indications that the time of the U.S. Congress may be occupied with the problem of military reorganization and national defense; Unemployment; Casualties from mines and quarries in the U.S.

Focuses on the strike of the American Federation of Labor Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union against the redwood lumber industry in California. Policy of the lumber industry to recruit workers from other areas of the U.S.; Efforts of Ward Phillips, a worker, to prevent new workers from joining the industry; Perception among veteran workers that employees of the lumber industry will not get decent wages; Issues of wages, safety regulations and job security demanded by the striking workers; Decision of big companies to negotiate with workers due to increasing competitive pressure; Attitude of Earl Warren, governor of California, towards the strike; Deadlock on the issue between workers and management of the lumber industry; Decline in production of the lumber industry due to the strike.

Focuses on the plight of coal miners in the U.S. with the loss of thousands of lives on yearly basis in spite of the remarkable advance in technical knowledge and engineering skill to overcome the physical impediments to mining, and despite the development of labor-saving machinery. Prime causes of mine explosions; Pros and cons associated with the use of safety lamps by miners to avoid accidents in the mines; Ignorance of coal companies in the U.S. to regulate safety measures to further prevention of accidents; Account of the work of the U.S. Bureau of Mines in the study of mine explosions, their cause and prevention; Analysis of the work of the Bureau in the field of First Aid and in studying accidents other than mine explosions.

The article focuses on techniques for inserting redundancy in computers. The most compelling reason for the current interest in redundancy theory and techniques is that modern technology is increasingly dependent on the reliability of complex electrical equipment. Redundancy techniques are adapted for computer circuits in which the signals are binary.

Provides information related to multinational corporations in the U.S. Concentration of military and industrial power in hands of small groups due to advancement in technology; Need to enforce corporation responsibility in fields like price and wage policy, pollution control and worker's health and safety; Benefits and disadvantages of foreign investments.

Rats are the best safety devices a coal miner can have. A rat knows when there will about to be a rock fall a lot quicker than any seasoned miner. They can also tell bad air and they stay away from it. Modern technology, however, is doing little or nothing for the miner. Coal mining continues to be the most dangerous occupation in the U.S. The U.S. federal safety law of 1952 was hailed as a long step forward in mine safety. Yet, between the passage of the law and 1968, 5,500 miners were killed and 220,000 were severely injured.

The article discusses the plan of Henry Ford, founder of Ford Company, which is called the "Five Dollars a Day Plan." Also discussed are the reasons employees like Ford, the company's working conditions, and Ford's philosophy of prioritizing men over machines, providing effective health and safety measures, and practicing intelligent cooperation.

The article reports methods for promoting industrial safety and reducing industrial accidents in the United States. The engineering approach is based on a correlation between safety and efficiency, involves technological and process improvements, and is limited in its effectiveness by the human factor. Group education is a general safety program that is run by a safety engineer and requires top management participation. An individualized training program was used at General Electric. The program required active participation of the foremen and a compilation of job breakdowns for operations under their supervision. The personalized safety training proved effective in groups from both the first and second shifts. Data is provided that shows the financial benefits from safety programs.

The article reports a new method of accident-costs analysis. A study by H. W. Heinrich of Travelers Insurance Company found that uninsured, indirect costs from industrial accidents are four times the amount of direct costs, which are usually covered by workmen's compensation. The new cost analysis model--which combines insurance cost plus the number of lost-time cases, doctor's cases, first-aid cases, and no-injury accidents to give a total cost--provides figures that management can use to emphasize the cost effectiveness of safety education programs. The method is approved by the Research Committees of the American Society of Safety Engineers and the National Safety Council.

The article discusses the significance of the U.S. insurance industry post World War I. Analysts say the rise of insurance agencies in the U.S. coincided with larger U.S. corporations, increased factory size and equipment, and the appreciation of real estate values. Business enterprises are seeking additional coverage to protect them in the case of industrial accidents and unforeseen events. U.S. corporations are also interested in group insurance plans for their employees. Several insurance options are mentioned including corporate self-insurance, the formation of a subsidiary corporation to take on a company's insurance needs, and a comprehensive analysis by an insurance agent.

The article discusses problems in the bituminous coal industry in the U.S. from the standpoint of the consumer, the miner, and the mine operator. The problems associated with these groups include the consumer paying too much money for coal and the miner not working enough days to compensate for his occupational hazards. Both of these can be traced to the problem of the operator having to compete with so many other mines, and as such, experiencing low profitability. The problems of the operator can be traced to the railroad car supply, general business conditions, labor supply, and seasonal demand. The author analyzes the first three together and seasonal demand separately, and offers solutions to these problems.

Focuses on issues stemming from the increasing occupational cancers in the U.S. Estimates on the annual number of work-related cancer cases per year; Citations of chemicals with potential health hazards; Response of the Food and Drug Administration to the issue; Information that the total budget for the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the federal agency charged with research to protect worker safety, is under $30 million; Lack of epidemiologists in the NIOSH staff.

Focuses on the issue of a set of standards for the in-plant handling of asbestos by the U.S. Department of Labor. Increase in the cases of cancer due to asbestos among labor in the country; Data on hazards of inhaling asbestos; Views that the dust level in the factories has been much lower due to the regulations set by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration; Opinion that mesothelioma has been a medical oddity virtually unseen except among laborers resulting due to the dust; Number of steps included in the regulations to provide safe working places.

Discusses the scenario of safety on jobs in the U.S. Statistics on the number of work injuries taking place in the U.S. every day; Effect of the long range injuries on the capacity to work; Obstruction to the Administration's worker health and security bill; Testimony before the House Education and Labor Subcommittee earlier this year by Public Health Service employees and medical professors citing cases such as a man bodily carried from his hospital and given a bed at the work place in order to eliminate lost time accidents.

The article focuses on the progressive mechanization of the U.S. mining operations. Coal production has reached over 685,000,000 tons in 1944 despite operating with 20% less manpower. The industry's success is attributed to the utilization of updated industrial techniques, with air conditioning systems and battery stored electricity contributing to the ease and safety of working underground. The introduction of a coal mining school for boys is also discussed.

The article reports on a dispute between the coal and natural gas industries in Pennsylvania over regulation of underground storage of gas in 1953. The fight involves the call of the coal people for the gas people to stop storing gas under coal mines in western Pennsylvania. According to the coal people, they are after safety and they point to several real dangers in underground storage. The gas people, on the other hand, claim these dangers are unlikely to happen over storage pools.

The article offers information on the issue of industrial safety in the U.S. It states that according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the total industrial fatalities rose to 15,500 in 1950 from 15,500 in 1949, with injuries totaling 1,950,000, which is 100,000 more than that in 1949. The article further highlights the causes of the rise in industrial accidents, and the role of the insurance companies in solving the problems of industrial safety.

The article focuses on the efforts of the U.S. Congress to improve working conditions in mines and the health and safety of miners. The author reports that a joint conference by the Senate and House is expected to produce a bill that aims to reduce deaths and injuries caused by mining accidents as well as the incidence of coal workers' pneumoconiosis, or black lung. The author says that compliance to the bill poses economic and technical issues for some mine operators.

The article focuses on the effort of American Car & Foundry Co. to improve its work-handling methods, using automatic machines through streamlining the production methods of its plant located in Chicago, Illinois in 1948. American Car & Foundry Co. turns out its refrigerator car for Railway Express Agency Inc. and installs automatic welding machinery at its facility. The company also makes an effort to lessen manpower requirements and to promote employee safety.

Presents the problem of unemployment in the U.S. that has taken a form of a giant monster with the advent of the age of electricity. Dawn of the new environment of the Power age with the eclipse of the Machine age; Replacement of steam hoists run by the workers to the electric mine elevators because of the obvious advantages in safety, speed and better control; Eruption of problems in various industries like the paper industry as workers got maimed by the hot rolls and gnawing gears.

Reports on the implementation of Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 as a public service on radio and television in the U.S. Reference to the survey on worker discontents by the U.S. Public Health Service in Denver, Colorado; Problems faced by workers at their workplaces; Involvement of Medical Committee for Human Rights in the occupational health struggle.

Presents several letters to the editor that focuses on various political issues. Discussion over industrial protection; Tactics used in the campaigning of Illinois Senator Frank Smith; Information about an exhibition of an American painting.

The article discusses the benefits of proper illumination in factories. The author says correct and adequate artificial illumination in factories merits careful consideration from plant managers. The indirect benefits are reduction in accidents, promotion of greater safety and better morale among workers and thereby minimum labor turnover, and protection of employee health. The greater ability to see with proper illumination leads to decreases in spoilage and thus increases in production.

The article discusses the work safety program of Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania. From 1914 through 1924, the total number of accidents reported was reduced from 1,101 to 916. It discusses the general causes of the accidents in the company's facility, namely, the chance-taking spirit, lack of job familiarity and known hazards, many of which could be eliminated. For the whole month of March in 1921, there was no recorded accident in the plant.

The article examines the practices of the Standard Oil Company (California) that have led to its low labor turnover as of June 1, 1925. Topics discussed are the reasons behind its satisfactory relationship with employees, statistics on factors affecting labor turnover, and departmental practices for employee safety. Also mentioned are the benefits of the Employees' Stock Investment and Savings Plan and the benefits of periodical physical examinations for employees.

The article reports on the adoption of robots that perform dangerous and dull jobs at several U.S. companies. Based on estimates, some 100 robots are being used by the country's industries and their number is expected to rise to 50,000 by 1975. The use of industrial robots has resulted in increased productivity and improved industrial safety.